What is it about?
In the past few decades, many scholars are describing shifts in conceptions of what it means to be a "good citizen" and how a good citizen should behave. This changes have occurred alongside technological developments around new media, yet the relationship between these two shifts is not clear. This article describes the emerging paradigm of "alternative citizenship models" and parses out the role played by new media within changes in conceptions of citizenship.
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Why is it important?
Citizenship seems to be shifting, and yet democratic institutions are slow to acknowledge or adapt to such changes. Acknowledging new ways in which people conceive citizenship can help support their civic practices. Understanding the role played by new media in this process can help employ new media as an effective tool for civic action and education.
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This page is a summary of: Alternative citizenship models: Contextualizing new media and the new “good citizen”, New Media & Society, June 2017, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1461444817713742.
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